Yemen fighting, Saudi hits Allied support in question

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Dmitry Malyshev reports continued Saudi strikes on Sana'a and shows residents protesting destruction near Al-Thawra hospital. His account says Yemen's Saudi-supported government offensive has made no ground gains near Mocha, with residents describing repelled attacks despite bombing. He reports Taiz's encirclement and difficult supply conditions; a market official and residents describe shortages, prices and diversion of supplies, while the report credits Houthi control of surrounding heights. Farhad Ibragimov argues defeating the Houthis would require close ground combat that outsiders are unlikely to undertake. Hakan Fidan describes the Mecca agreement as defensive, rules out Turkish offensive operations abroad, and says experts are evaluating electronic-warfare and air-defence support. The anchor says Turkey and Pakistan are not sending troops, while the later report describes Pakistani troops as present in Saudi Arabia for defence and relays Pakistan's denial of a New York Times account of joining strikes. It does not establish a new deployment date. It says two further missiles reached Riyadh that day, cites Reuters concerning smoke over an aircraft at King Khalid airport, and reports Lufthansa and three Indian airlines stopping Riyadh flights. A prior day's Saudi death toll and Yahya Saree's oil-worker warning are retained as brief context. Territorial, military and damage claims remain attributed.

IRINN reports Al-Masirah's account of strategic Taiz areas captured, the southern connection cut and encirclement, alongside eyewitness claims that al-Turbah was cleared. It carries an amnesty offer and al-Ansi's account of Taiz's importance to Aden and predicted Saudi-backed defeat. Continued advances and opposing road closures remain in the account. The control claims and actual capture dates are not independently settled. Vremya's October 6 report repeats complete Taiz encirclement as a Houthi-side claim and describes footage from its outskirts, alleging that Al-Alimi's home could not be protected while he shelters in Saudi Arabia. It supplies no precise initial capture date or independently verified control. Vremya's October 8 continuation describes Taiz's tight encirclement and supply constraints, with a local industry/trade official and residents discussing market shortages, prices and diversion of incoming goods. It reports Houthi control of surrounding heights and connects those conditions to the continuing government/Houthi campaign. This is a reported civilian consequence of the same isolation episode; it does not establish the initial capture day or independently confirm every earlier al-Turbah control claim.